right now we are following breaking news. good morning, everybody, i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. a deadly accident on 680 has shut down part of the freeway. mike is tracking it. >> it has shut down all of the freeway. all of 680 is closed for those just before stoneridge drive. this is just south of the dublin interchange. you see the yellow and orange approaching the scene. also 580 westbound is slow because folks are diverted there and continuing on westbound 580 past the scene to foothill road, south to stoneridge drive from you get back on the freeway. there was a pedestrian on 680 that was hit and killed earlier this morning, about 4:00 a.m. bob redell is heading out to the scene to gather more details and any other progress that may be made. right now we have no estimated time of reopening. the coroner has yet to arrive on

scene for the investigation. 680 closed between 580 and stoneridge drive. we'll track this for now and send it back to you. a special community meeting will be held tonight to update people on future action against chevron for last month's refinery fire. the meeting comes as we learn of a separate criminal investigation into the company. earlier this year the epa started looking into whether shef ron was routing pollutants around monitoring equipment at the refinery and burning them off into the atmosphere. the probe is reportedly not related to the august 6th fire. tonight's community meeting will feature speakers from federal and state agencies. it will start at 5:15 at richmond memorial auditorium. potentially crucial new evidence has surfaced in the police shooting that led to the shutdown of last week's oakland city council meeting. the "san francisco chronicle" is reporting police have new lab results of the shooting of alan blueford.

the teen's fingerprints were on the handgun that he allegedly pointed at a police officer. the teen was fired on only after aiming the gun at officers. his family denies it. the chp this morning searching for a hit and run driver who struck a girl near east bay high school. that happened just after 8:00 yesterday morning in san lorenzo near the intersection of grant avenue and villa seco. the teen was treated for injuries to her leg an her ankle. investigators say the suspect was seen driving a silver four-door sedan or suv and the vehicle may have some front end damage. investigators may have a better idea of what caused of death of an airport employee. police say the driver of a food service truck somehow veered off a road at the airport early saturday morning. he then struck a parked business jet on the tarmac. the 60-year-old daly city man

was the only one involved in the accident. shock and amazement at a south bay school after its principal was arrested for allegedly trying to sell drugs. marla tellez is live in santa clara with more details on this extremely unusual arrest. marla. >> reporter: jon, good morning. a spokesperson for the santa clara unified school district says everyone is really just stunned by the arrest of eric lewis, who has been the school principal here at montague elementary for about seven years now. now, this morning while his students get ready for a new week, he is getting ready to make his first court appearance. lewis was taken into custody on friday, booked into santa clara county jail on suspicion of having methamphetamine for sale and offering to furnish narcotics. the 42-year-old was arrested at a caltrain station in san francisco, which is where he lives. officials say they began investigating lewis after getting a tip that he was involved in drugs. that tip led to an undercover

operation that resulted in his arrest. ultimately parents and his colleagues aren't sure what to make of all this. >> i mean mr. lewis has worked with us for a number of years, five year, and he's been a good principal. other than that, this whole thing was a shock. it was not something we ever saw coming and quite surprised. >> of course i always concerned my son, but the teachers are the ones that directly work with him, it's not the principal. >> reporter: authorities say they seized a quarter ounce of methamphetamine and other drug paraphernalia from his home. meantime lewis has been placed on unpaid administrative leave. he is set to be arraigned in santa clara superior court today. now back here live at montague elementary, i want it to show you what's written on the side of the school. it's a message that reads at the end of the day be ready to say i'm proud of what i did today. now, the irony here is that we are told that this is the

message of principal eric lewis. live in santa clara, marla tellez, "today in the bay." 5:05. there are literally no friday night lights for hayward high school's football team. friday's game had to be moved to the afternoon after someone stole copper wiring from the lights. the scoreboard and the snack bar at sunset field. it was the only field in the city with lights. until they are fixed, they have to play on their own field with no snack bar. it could actually lead to the elimination of a junior varsity team. new cases of west nile virus this morning. more mosquitos, birds and chickens tested positive for the disease last week. the county says areas like antioch, brentwood, and concord are all affected. antioch was sprayed for mosquitos just last wednesday.

so far no more sprayings are planned. we want to check in with meteorologist christina loren. we're now officially in fall. >> we are, but it's going to feel like summer as it usually does around here. nothing as expected. 54 in sunnyvale. good morning up in santa rosa, 49 up there. gilroy, we're starting out mild and we do have some cloud cover, not expecting a whole lot to start the day. watch this, we set your futurecast in motion and stop the clock right at 11:00. even getting some clearing of the marine layer over the pacific. lots of sunshine in the city by the bay today means 70 degrees. it's going to be really comfortable in san francisco. we even hold on to that clarity all the way through 4:00 this afternoon and we'll hold on to clear conditions, sunny skies and a warmup on the way. 87 in concord, 76 in fremont, 70 in the city and about 85 degrees up in santa rosa. so stay tuned. seven-day outlook is ready in my

next report. if you take since 80 it's going to be problematic. >> not a good morning if you're taking 680 south of the dublin interchange. here's your reroute that's currently in place. you're forced off of 680 southbound or west 580, you're forced to continue on west over towards foothill road where you take it south to stone ridge drive past the scene of a deadly accident. a little disturbance to the flow and that's why we're seeing eastbound 580 start to show slowing although that's really extensive for anything of this nature so we'll check on why there's additional slowing out of castro valley. we know why it is for south 680 because of that closure and we have all these folks coming over out of the altamont pass in the westbound direction as well. this has been in place since just about 4:00, so over an hour now. we're expecting to get some updates from the chp and bob redell is heading to the scene

so we'll track this one. a live look outside shows you much lighter volume of traffic and an easier commute for northbound 101. and the peninsula, the approach coming over the san mateo bridge just fine. 101 at 92, 280 all moving smoothly. it's 5:08. it's been the governator, the termination and a world champion body builder. now arnold schwarzenegger is taking on another new role. he will play host today to the first schwarzenegger institute for state and global policy symposium at the university of southern california. the gathering will feature senator john mccain and director james cameron. the men will sit on panels discussing how politicians can learn from hollywood. the art of getting things done. >> laura, speaking of productivity, the greatest receiver in the history of football helping the nfl and xbox 360 fight childhood obesity. who are we talking about?

that man right there, jerry rice, taking part in the 60 million minute challenge program which launches today to encourage children to become more active. rice said running helped him train in the off-season and it helped him become the great player that he was. health experts point out an hour of activity per day is very important in kids and should also have healthy diets. >> and parents should set the examples too. get out there and move, maybe "dancing with the stars." the hits keep on coming for facebook. the newest knock on the stock coming up in a live report. plus one senator calling for major fines and felony charges if telemarketers violate that do-not-call list. and "the new york times" the latest to take on apple and its disastrous maps. we'll take a look coming up. and more. so do something nice for it. chevron with techron. care for your car.

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and a good monday morning to you. taking a live look outside, city by the bay, san francisco this morning. we're officially in fall. will it feel like it? christina is back as well. we'll check in with her in just moments. it's 5:12. after a weekend full of fund raising visits in california, mitt romney now vowing to spend less time raising money an more time campaigning. this is video of romney arriving on friday. he appeared in hillsborough to add to those campaign coffers. romney says he has had to raise more because president obama has decided to bypass traditional spending limits, forcing him to spend more. romney will be campaigning in the battleground state of ohio this week. coming up in 20 minutes, we'll take you live to washington for the latest from the campaign trail. >> we can tell you "the new york times" columnists over the weekend wondered if apple's best days are behind it. the most criticism of apple's

botched map app yet. >> yeah. lots of people have criticized apple apps. most of that criticism has been light hearted. here's the tacoma narrows bridge. of it appears to have fallen down again, but it is perfectly fine. but silly mistakes like that distract from the real problem, apple maps don't work properly. the landmarks are mismarked. that's not as important as the data. it's 15 years old at times. the "the new york times" over the question asked if steve jobs were still alive, would the new map application on the iphone 5 be such an unmitigated disaster? another picture for you, this one from the london tube where the transportation authority there is offering apple customers paper maps so they can actually find their way around london. let's check the markets before the bell this morning. bertha coombs is live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, bertha.

>> reporter: hi, good morning. add one more problem over the weekend. apparently some workers interruption at one of the foxcon facilities. some 2,000 workers in a melee that took four hours to quell. the company will delay a little production there. meantime if you haven't gotten your iphone yet, you may have to wait. people like me who still don't have a delivery date, it appears we'll see more record-breaking numbers coming from apple. a new report from a research firm found that the first three days of iphone 5 preorders amounted to more sales than the iphone 4s had in its first month. there are also reports that stores in major u.s. cities have sold out of iphones available on the verizon and at&t networks. apparently apple quickly sold out of its initial shipment of iphones. they did report those early preorders of two million devices in the first 24 hours. and facebook is under the gun again. if you think the review of apple

was bad, baron remains negative on facebook saying it's still overpriced at $23 a share and probably only worth about $15. the major issue remains more and more users are using it on mobile devices and the company is trying to figure out how to monetize its mobile app. facebook's stock is now down about 40% sense that ipo of $38 back in may and there still are clouds and complaints about that botched debut for the nasdaq as well. so it seems to have a bit of a cloud over it. we'll see when those clouds clear. >> all right, thank you very much. it's been one year since meg whitman took over hewlett-packard. we'll take a look at how she's doing, how the stock is doing, coming up in a bit. >> you're talking about clouds and we're talking about clouds of a different sort. >> smooth transition. >> not dark clouds by any stretch of the imagination. it's going to be nice out there today but one thing you'll notice is there are more clouds out there.

yesterday was beautiful making for a gorgeous sunset this morning we're going to get a nice sunrise and that will take place just after 6:30. temperatures this morning are crisp to start. we're at 54 in livermore, 54 in san jose and 54 in santa cruz. so basically we had a weak disturbance come through and that's what added those clouds to our atmosphere. today high pressure regains control and this will move in every single day. a gradual warmup on the way. temperatures feeling summer-like and we're talking about the upper 80s today making way to the mid-90s by the end of the week. mostly clear to start you out, though. we do have some fog settling in in san francisco and that will likely be the case until 10:00. hard to find a cloud in the sky between the hour of about noon and 4:00 p.m. in san francisco. as we head throughout this afternoon, here are the highs in your city. 80 in san jose, 88 for livermore, 70 in san francisco. tuesday into wednesday we stay upper 80s. as we head through thursday and

friday, heating you up into the mid-90s. 84 degrees on thursday and friday inland. saturday, sunday we'll hold on to the hot weather. next week as we head through wednesday and thursday, we might be talking about our first showers of the season. mike, what are you following? that shutdown. >> a full shutdown for 680 southbound. that continues as we have the investigation of a deadly accident just before you get to stoneridge drive. we have south 680 with slowing coming out of dublin in the san ramon valley. same with west 580. really jamming down as you approach because folks are continuing on, having to continue on towards foothill where they can get over to stone ridge and back on to southbound 680. all the flashing lights and flares a big visual distraction. so expect slowing out of livermore and in through dublin through 580 and the castro valley y. further south 880 through

fremont and northbound through the south bay continuing up from 101 through mountain view without any problems. the live look for palo alto on the peninsula, easy drive northbound with these headlights past the shopping center at university avenue. southbound side moves smoothly as well. san rafael through the north bay moves smoothly as well. here's the southbound commute direction. the curves at terra linda, light volume all the way from novato down to the richmond-san rafael bridge. across the bay bridge, volume easing up into the commute here. just some cars coming off of the berkeley curve and no problems for the east shore freeway. a smooth, light drive approaching the maze. that will change dramatically over the next lauhalf hour. police think too much alcohol led to the electrical shock of two raiders fans. the fans were tailgating before the game at the coliseum when they actually raised a flag pole into the high voltage power line overhead. fire officials say it was just a

slight volt and not life threatening, thankfully. an investigation found alcohol may have been a factor. how about this, a new york lawmaker getting tough, pushing for harsher penalties for telemarketers who violate the federal do-not-call list. senator charles schumer unveiling new legislation that would upgrade that offense from a misdemeanor to a felony. telemarketers who violate the law would be fined $20,000 every time they dial a number that's on that list. schumer says there have been spikes in these calls because the existing fines are not high enough to stop companies. a popular amusement park ride is shutting down. knott's berry farm is closing its wind seeker ride pending an investigation. the safety system has been plagued by problems. in the past two weeks alone visitors were left stranded midair after the ride shut down at several locations, including one in southern california.

>> not fun. >> just stick to the chicken. >> 5:19 right now. coming up, new research looks at what causes asthma in kids. we'll tell you about the results. plus check this out. a major catch caught on camera. that's a big one, right? we'll show it to you. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol.

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welcome back, everyone. what a beautiful live look outside, one of my favorites. the iconic bay bridge, the other big bridge in the bay area this morning. it looks like folks already making their way across. some troubles with the morning commute, we'll tell you about them coming up. it's 5:22. a new study finds busy roads actually take their toll on kids with asthma. researchers from the university of southern california looked at the effects of air pollution on children suffering from the disease in the los angeles area. they found young sufferers

living near traffic were more likely to develop severe asthma and be hospitalized as a result of that condition. the study also found 8% of children who developed asthma lived within 250 feet of a busy road. bouncing on a backyard trampoline, a lot of fun for kids but a doctor's group is warning parents it might not be worth the risk. the american academy of pediatrics released a new statement saying jumping can lead to serious injuries, especially in children under 5. nearly half of the injuries were broken bones or dislocations. there were nearly 98,000 trampoline-related injuries in the u.s. during 2009 alone. >> of course you've heard the expression hooking the big one, right? some east coast fishermen have a pretty impressive fish tale to tell. >> i got him. aha! i got him! >> indeed they do. look at that. yeah, take a look at this. going to need a bigger boat.

the men battled with that monstrous thresher shark. it took about 90 minutes. finally got in and the catch was towed into port where it was weighed and measured. the thresher, check it out, 568 pounds. the length, 14 feet 9 inches. >> look at that. >> that looks like right out of the movie "jaws." it is still not known whether this is a record catch but hats off, you guys are my new heros. >> a little catch like this and it will snap his line. >> maybe he's not the fisherman they are. 5:24. good day to head out to the bay? >> it is. i've seen a lot of guys out there on the water trying to get their fishing going. we've got some great-looking conditions to do so. put on that spf 30 plus, though of the 80 degrees at noon inland, 88 at 4:00 but at the

coast bayside 76. 69 in pacifica and 70 in san francisco so stellar conditions by the water. but changes just around the corner. we'll talk about that coming up. first, mike has a traffic alert. we're continuing with a full closure of southbound since 80 through pleasanton. we have the closure just before you get to stoneridge drive. my concern, look at the maps. we're looking at 580 westbound coming out of the altamont pass and now the volume is target to build as we typically do. 5:25 the volume builds. we already had early slowing because of the closure to southbound 680, the connector off of westbound 580. you can't make that turn, you have to instead continue on to foothill road, south to stone ridge and get back on 680 because of the accident scene between the dublin interchange and stoneridge drive. this is causing a lot of slowing approaching the scene. this will be more of a problem as this continues.

bob is at the scene gathering details and we hope to have him live very soon. meanwhile we'll look to the golden gate bridge. a smooth drive heading down out of the north bay into the city or along the peninsula for 101 and 280, a smooth drive there. back to you. 5:26. still to come on "today in the bay," an east bay community coming together to try to stop violence in their area. plus a major hit -- this was scary. a major hit on one of the raiders star players sends him to the hospital. we will have the latest on the condition of darrius heyward-bey. and a live look outside. look at that big beauty docked there. the embarcadero in san francisco. what a great place to visit. nice to be vacationing. maybe you're heading out to work today, though. we'll help you on that morning commute as well as look at the forecast. a lot more ahead. 5:26. good morning! wow.

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a santa clara elementary school principal is in jail facing drug charges on this monday morning. good morning, i'm marla tellez. i'll have reaction from the school district coming up.

and autumn has arrived in the bay area, but you want to keep that summer wardrobe handy today. very low 90s in the warmest cities, 80s bayside, 70s and 60s at the coast. your full forecast in moments. good morning, everybody. we are following breaking news. thank you for joining us, i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we want to check in right now as we're following this breaking news. mike is keeping his eye on 680. what a mess. >> the volume of traffic starting to build so you can see the lights building for 880, also 680 exactly right. we're following this, the volume builds as well as the problem continues. south 680 closed between the dublin interchange and stoneridge drive because of appear overnight deadly accident. bob redell is on scene gathering more information and will bring that to us shortly in a live report. meanwhile we're focusing on the folks following this commute. we're looking at the alternate. you're forced westbound 580 to

foothill road and back onto the freeway via stoneridge drive. allow 10 minutes because of the slowing approaching the scene. we had an early slowdown out of livermore through dublin. as you would imagine, lights, flares and folks being redirected. you cannot go south 680, you continue on to foothill road. we'll continue to track this. so far chp does not know when they will reopen the freeway. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. also happening now in hayward, police are investigating an early morning bar shooting. it happened at the dirty bird lounge on mission boulevard around 1:00 this morning. the police are still investigating. no word on injuries. we'll bring you the latest information as soon as we get it. a south bay elementary school principal now facing some serious charges over allegedly trying to sell drugs. marla tellez is live with more details on this arrest and also

has reaction from the school. marla, good morning. >> reporter: jon, good morning. this really is a shock for the santa clara unified school district. a spokesperson tells nbc bay area principal eric lewis is well liked and in fact he has improved student achievement scores for montague elementary school students. now his future is uncertain, as he sits in santa clara county jail booked on suspicion of having methamphetamine for sale and offering to furnish narcotics. the 42-year-old was arrested in san francisco friday during an undercover operation that involved some sort of a drug sale with an undercover agent. investigators ended up seizing a quarter ounce of meth, drug scales and his computer from his home in san francisco. school district officials say they never saw this coming. >> we have no sense that there was any connection between what's being alleged to have happened in san francisco and what was going on here at a daily basis. no connection whatsoever.

>> reporter: lewis has been put on unpaid administrative leave and he is scheduled to make his first court appearance today. now, eric lewis has been school principal here at montague for more than five years, so when students arrive for class this morning, it's going to be the first time that they are greeted by an interim principal. live in santa clara, marla tellez, "today in the bay." new this morning, police searching for the person who shot and killed a nan antioch. it happened on sycamore drive near lemon tree way late last night. the antioch man who died is 30-year-old maurice wagner. he was killed with a single gunshot. investigators are following some leads but don't have a suspect description or motive for that shooting. a san francisco man is in jail this morning accused of trying to kidnap a young girl near an elementary school. police arresting 25-year-old bradley morzak saturday morning. they have linked him to an incident at parkside elementary

as well as two other schools. on friday he allegedly tried to kidnap a 9-year-old girl from parkside. she said she managed to escape by kicking him and running back to the school to tell staff exactly what happened. police say earlier in the day he was spotted at another elementary school and bayside stem academy. a former san francisco crime lab technician accused of stealing drugs on job goes to trial today. debra madden used to work as a lab tech for the san francisco police department back in 2009. madden is facing federal charges of stealing cocaine from the facility and could face up to four years in prison if convicted. the alleged drug theft led to the closure of the crime lab and the dismissal of hundreds of criminal cases by prosecutors. the trial is set to start at 8:30 this morning in san francisco. we can tell you the raiders finally got their first win of the season, but that victory overshadowed by a dangerous play that sent wide receiver darrius heyward-bey to the hospital with a neck injury.

steelers defensive back ryan mundy, bam, right there helmet to helmet. heyward-bey was on the ground more than 12 minutes. he was taken off the field on a stretcher, but the good news here, at least he managed to give a thumbs up sign as he left the field. very happy to see that. the raiders say heyward-bey is right now at eden hospital in castro valley for evaluation and will probably stay there quite a while. he is reportedly in stable condition. any time it has to do with the neck and spine, it's frightening. >> it's so dangerous and to see the hits those boys take out there, my goodness. time to check your forecast. we welcome back meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. good-looking start to the day. look at this, you can actually see old glory here. you'll also notice those low clouds coming down over san francisco. as we head throughout the morning that, will be the case but the clouds aren't going to last all that long today. by mid-morning we're expecting full sunshine in san francisco. 54 in oakland, 54 in sunnyvale,

49, a little crisp up in wine country this morning in santa rosa. weather headlines tell the story. coastal fog mostly inland, an then we heat you up. the return of the mid-90s as we head through the end of the week. we're going to hold on to those 90s into the upcoming weekend so keep that in mind. 79 in redwood city, 70 in san francisco. your full forecast is in my next report. before you head out that front door if you're just joining us, mike has a traffic alert to tell you about. >> full freeway closure for southbound 680. that continues since just after about 4:00 this morning. we'll get a look at the maps and show you what we're talking about here. this is just south of the dublin interchange just before stoneridge drive where all the activity continues. we see a good deal of slowing south 680 approaching the scene. also west 580 because of all the flares. they are not allowing anyone to make the transition to south 680. use foothill road to stone ridge and then get back on the

freeway. now, my concern is that this activity continues, although in the last ten minutes chp has opened the center divide. still consider foothill as your alternate. it should be a little smoother and a lot less distraction for you. all these folks are joining in with the livermore commute and many of them, a majority of them heading through that dublin interchange. we don't have an estimate from chp when they will open any additional lanes. bob redell heing to the scene. the south bay by contrast much lighter. 101 underneath 680/280, smooth and slow build. we should see another burst of slowing in about 20 minutes when the south bay really starts to build up. the bay bridge toll plaza not a major concern. a few folks waiting in the cash lanes. this is 5:36. but the build is yet to come in the next few minutes. back to you. 5:36. coming up we have the latest

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it is 5:39. the government in pakistan distancing itself from a bounty placed on the maker of an anti-islam movie. officials say they are rejecting the $100,000 offer by a government minister. they say his remarks go against official policy. the minister was upset over the youtube movie "innocence of muslims." of course it has sparked deadly

violence in many muslim countries and even led to the death of the u.s. ambassador to libya. the u.s. state department has called the minister's bounty inflammatory and inappropriate. the hunt for the cause of the deadly hantavirus outbreak continues. scientists still looking into the reason. cabins were built in a way that mice could easily nest into the insulation. infected deer mice then pass their virus in their urine, droppings and saliva. tiny particles can float into the air and humans can actually breathe it in. experts say the other theory which blames a recent mutation in the virus is unlikely. a total of nine people that camped over the summer became infected. unfortunately, three of them died. firefighters in southern california are continuing to battle a large wildfire. the shockey fire has burned more than 1700 acres in an area 65

miles east of san diego. mandatory evacuations are actually still in effect. a handful of buildings have been destroyed, but so far no reported injuries. firefighters have been able to contain 10% of that blaze since it first ignited yesterday. the cause of the fire, however, is still being investigated. meantime, fire crews also battling a smaller brush fire near the town of marietta just north of san diego. 60 acres have been scorched there since that fire broke out yesterday. no mandatory evacuations have been called and so far no one is hurt and the fire has not destroyed any buildings. while the president is gearing up for a meeting with the united nations, mitt romney kicking off a three-day tour of the all-important battleground state of ohio. even romney's staunchest defenders concede the past few days haven't been a high point but there's still a lot of time left. just 43 days remaining until decision 2012. brian mooar is live on capitol hill this morning with more on

what is ahead for the campaign this week. good morning, brian. >> reporter: hi, laura. well, it's not just what's ahead, it's what the romney campaign hopes is far behind in the rear view mirror. the last week, as you might have heard, not the greatest for the romney campaign. there was that 47% comment on the secretly recorded tape, there was his tax information that he released and really of course didn't do anything to please his critics. but the most important and the most troubling is that romney, according to the latest polls, is falling a bit behind in the battleground states. still plenty of time to catch up, but he's got to start doing it. the next debate -- the first debate, i should say, is nine days away. this is a chance for romney to really change the narrative, to introduce himself to the american people. he says he'd like to be in full-time campaign mode at this point but he's got to spend a lot of time in those fund-raisers, trying to keep pace with the president. laura. >> it is so interesting to watch as it get closer and closer. thank you, brian.

we're looking forward to those debates. let's just get it on. enough of the mud slinging, let's get down to business. weatherwise, what's the business? >> no debate, it's going to be nice as we kick off the first week of fall. this is some of the best weather we get all year long so enjoy it. as you know, it's going to be cold and rainy and it comes in quickly around here. it's a good time, though, to start thinking about getting that coat ready for the wintertime and think about giving your old coat away as people are in need this time of year. taking a live look outside, old glory blowing in the breeze. we also have the fog coming down and a cruise ship coming in for perfect weather today. onshore flow is robust enough to drop your visibility to a mile and a quarter up in santa rosa this morning. elsewhere we're looking ten miles or better except gilroy, seven miles there. your hour-by-hour forecast looks like this. starting out nice and crisp. 53 in livermore, 54 in sunnyvale. by noon temperatures will be

perfect, about 71. 69 at noon breaking for lunch in san francisco. you'll still be in the upper 50s, low 60s, but once the sun comes out, warming you up. between the hours of 12:00 and 4:00, i'm forecasting perfect sunshine. hard to find a cloud in the sky and 70 degrees as a result in the city today. 80 in san jose and 83 in santa therese avmt as we head through the end of the week, temperatures are going to ramp up. you'll be peeling out that tank top before you break out your jacket, next week does look like a little rain on the way. 5:44, let's check on your drive and the status of that traffic alert. >> you know, we still have that same situation as far as traffic flow goes. only the center divide gets by. now we have all these folks -- this is for southbound 680. we have all these folks coming out of the altamont pass so all the slowing builds coming into livermore and likely will send a lot more folks with this news about the problem for 680 and the interchange down through

livermore using isabel interchange, toward isabel through city streets and towards highway 84 getting over to sunol. that will cut you around all of this problem of the backup approaching 680, southbound side, only the center divide is open because of an accident just before you get to stoneridge drive. bob redell is on scene and we should have an update with him in just seconds. meanwhile we'll show you the traffic show suggested by chp. continue west on 580, then fosoh on foothill road and back over on stoneridge drive back to 680 southbound. this is causing a big problem. allow perhaps 20 minutes extra if you're traveling from the north side of here through that backup and getting over past the scene of that accident. meanwhile the south bay moves smoothly. we'll check the peninsula, 101. an palo alto moves nicely. the lighter build for the peninsula side of the bay. easy flow through palo alto, through san mateo into the city. we'll look at foster city as well. as the approach comes off of the

san mateo bridge, a nice easy drive for 92 in your commute direction. haes westbound. your commute direction across the bay bridge, we do have a backup forming now in the cash lanes as well as over on the other side of the fastrak lanes which are moving smoothly. the build is on here and, again, 680 does have that closure but we're going to follow that as well. laura, back to you. >> in fact we'll hand it over right now to bob redell. he's live at the scene on 680 this morning near that accident where a pedestrian was hit. really led to a mess of the morning commute. how are we looking now, bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. yes, we're on 680 southbound just south of 580 just before stoneridge drive exit. if you look down there, you can see the coroner's office, they arrived here about ten minutes ago. the body is just beyond the coroner's office van in the middle of the interstate. the chp officer was telling us the coroner' office usually takes about 30 to 45 minutes to do the body removal to do their

part of the investigation, so the officer was telling us the safe bet would probably be an eta of 7:00 when this road is reopened. as you can see, all four lanes of the southbound 680 are shut down but they just opened up the far left shoulder. it's a very wide shoulder, so they are letting some traffic go through, but it's a trickle. you can see just how bad this backup has been that started -- happened around 3:30. so you've got a backup that extends north on the southbound lane of 680 and of course this affects the westbound 580 traffic that's trying to get on here. there are other detours. as far as the person who was hit and killed, it was a man. they don't know what this person was doing out here. there's no vehicle on the side of the road that appears to have been him. it's not somebody who had car trouble so it's not clear why this person was out in the middle of the road. and it was a driver in a smaller

car that hit this man. that person is cooperating. it was not a hit and run. this happened around 3:30 this morning. that body is still out there in the center lanes. the eta for reopening is roughly appear hour according to chp. again, if you have to get from the dublin area southbound to san jose, you are going to be held up right now or perhaps try to find another detour to 880 lorks i don't know that would be reasonable or worth your time. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." there are some new safety and maintenance rules that will be in place for california's natural gas pipelines. the governor signing three new bills yesterday that ensures utilities do not cut corners on upgrades in order to give bonuses to executives. assemblyman jerry hill sponsoring this bill after the crestmore neighborhood in san bruno was devastated when a pg&e natural gas pipeline exploded back in september of 2010. hill will hold a news conference

at 10:00 this morning to talk about this new bill. the governor also signing into a law a bill which would make bus companies, drivers and chaperones responsible for underage drinking on those party buses. it would also impose fines up to $2,000. assemblyman hill also sponsoring this measure in memory of 19-year-old brett studebaker of burlingame. he died in february, 2010, when his car crashed after hours of drinking on a party bus. now, the party bus and pipeline bills go into effect january 1st. 5:49. san francisco police will hold a town hall meeting to talk about the recent violence in the mission district. an officer in plain clothing shot and injured a suspected gang member thursday night. after the man allegedly aimed a gun at the officer. the shooting sparked violent demonstrations. protesters vamgndalized several builds, including a police station. today's meeting will be at the

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just nine games left in the giants regular season and then it will be time for the playoffs. a little good to look forward to. with a win over the pot raise saturday night, there it is. time to break out the bubbly. they clinched that playoff berth. champagne showers for everybody. it's always a good thing. the team is actually off tonight. they then wrap things up out on the road.

they visit arizona, san diego and down to l.a. to finish. their earliest playoff game could be october 6th. that's smart, wear the goggles. that champagne burns. pitcher barry zito was left off the giants 2010 playoff run but this time around he will be included. the manager bruce bochy says the plan is to include all five starters on the roster. matt cain, madison bum garner and tim lincecum are locks. zito or ryan vogelsong would pitch in the fourth game with the other coming out of the bullpen. the emmys have been handed out and the so "modern family" dominated again at the 64th annual emmy awards. >> this is an embarrassment of riches. >> riches is right for "modern family." it would be best tv comedy sear reese, best actress and best supporting actor awards. the director brought home an

outstanding directing award as well. in the drama category, showtime's new series "homeland" won plenty. >> i think a little startled by this. >> startled but nice. in addition to outstanding drama and outstanding writing for a drama series, the show swept the best actor categories with damien lewis and claire danes taking home an emmy. silicon valley's two most powerful women, ceos are in focus this week. scott mcgrew, both of them with big-time tasks ahead. >> absolutely. if anyone can turn around hp and yahoo! it's whitman and mayer. it's been one year sips meg whitman took over at ceo of hewlett-packard. one of whitman's first moves was to cut 10,000 jobs and more in efforts to reduce costs. hp stock was about $22 a share when she took over. hit highs nearly 30. it will open this morning at

$17.59. loss of parallels to marissa mayer really. she too has a difficult board. she too took over after a long string of disappointing ceos and now is trying to turn around yahoo! that has lost sight of its own mission. cnbc reports mayer will release her grand strategy for yahoo! this week. new details this morning about that riot at a foxcon factory in china. pictures given to nbc news taken outside the facility. here you see the police showing up, broken glass at a guard booth as well. reports say the factory is now closed. 40 workers hospitalized after a riot broke out. a guard allegedly beat a worker. that's how it started. 5,000 people -- 5,000 police, rather, dispatched to quell the violence, according to china's official news agency. now, these numbers, 2,000 people fighting, 5,000 police are startling. 80,000 people work at that factory alone and this is not

the big one. the massive factory is about the size of oakland. it's closer to beijing. >> big problems continue there. thank you. 5:56 right now. let's check out the weather outside to get your week started. christina loren is back in action and here with the forecast. >> yeah, you know what, it's going to feel like summertime today. it's actually on par with a late august afternoon. 88 degrees livermore, that's an average for late august. so we're talking about hot september nights and a heat wave on the way towards the end of the week. today works out like this, 76 bayside, 69 degrees at the coast. you'll start to get a beautiful sunrise this morning between 6:30 and 6:58. it's going to be really picturesque. if you don't have to go anywhere, stay where you are, we'll show you live pictures all morning long. let's check your drive. any improvement, mike? >> not a lot. much worse as far as the backup approaching the scene. we're talking about south 680

just before stoneridge drive. we have a closure or near complete closure of the southbound side. you can eke by in the center divide but that is very slow. look at all of this traffic coming out of livermore and the altamont pass. very slow, jammed from 1st all the way over for the 580/680 interchange. if you can, just stay out of that vicinity. with one live shot here, guys, we'll show you the south bay, slowing no northbound 101. as that builds, we'll show that to you in a few minutes. still ahead, we'll take you back live to the scene of the breaking news mike just mentioned. bob redell gathering all the latest information and we'll bring it to you next. [ woman ] ring. ring.

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